Ministry of higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan course paper

Abductive Argumentation

Abductive argumentation resembles inductive argumentation by the fact that conclusions are drawn from a premise. Another similarity between abductive argumentation and inductive argumentation is that both can produce erroneous results. It should be noted that the main characteristic of abductive arguments is that they are The best explanation For the conclusion that is presented.
Conclusion: The lawn is wet but I have not watered it.
Abductive argument: It must have rained. The abductive argument presented is the most logical explanation for the observed conclusion. However, this does not mean that the argument is correct. We could have someone else in the house water the lawn and we did not know.
Examples of abductive argumentation are the astounding Sherlock Holmes , Character of many of the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike what is commonly considered, Detective Holmes abducts and does not deduce.
"-Lets start by the beginning. I arrived at the house, as you know, on foot and with the brain free of all kinds of impressions. Of course, I began by examining the road, and discovered, as I have already explained, The clear footprints of a carriage, And this carriage, as I have deduced from my investigations, Had been there in the course of the night . From the narrow mark of the wheels I was convinced that it was not a private carriage, but a rental car. The four-wheeled Hansom car they call Growler is much narrower than the particular named Brougham. That was the first point I wrote down."
"Scarlet Study"by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. [10.316]

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  Argumentation by analogy
  

This type of argumentation occurs when a subject is not well known but, in light of other evidence that is handled, more or less logical conclusions can be produced.
For example: In my car, the lever on the left is the one that turns the shift lights on. Therefore, in this other car the lever on the left should make the shift lamps work.